The Jasper weekly courier. [volume] (Jasper, Ind.) 1858-1922, 1887-09-30

ben vigo-oua but lhsy would noo
hsve swsrved ~ Captain A. e va,
IL unexpected turn seemed % give the
Major . new Lease a. lIfs. IN an In
slant he had resolved 20 lIve-hs who
moment belors had hidden his friend
goodbye forever. Astride the Cap
tain's horss hs seemed 70 get yet an
other leass of life. and all this stood
him in good stead The troops. tired
and despirited = they were. moved
rapidly on the road. and the Majors
horse kept pace with them. Long be-
fore the night was gone Major Gallon
was safe in IN ambulance and up on the
way % Chattanooga with not . thought
of any thing but rest and sleep.
And Captain MilneyP Why. the
captain Jared badly. He had already
been too much about on his injured
foot, and il was swollen and sti6. He
started TO hobble after his men. but IL
was % hard that in half an hour he
gave IL up and lay down by the road
side. mile or two behind the rear
most Of the retreating soldiers. Il
seemed almost a II Major Galton's
new life and spirit had been distracted
from the captains store. leaving the
latter ambitionless and despairing.
Il am whippcdr' he said to himself.
a he lay down and gave up to wcari-
ness and pain. am whipped; but moi
by the enemy back there. No; q
woman did itr'
At daylight next morning Captain
Milney was : wounded prisoner Of
war. bound for some Southern mill
tary prison. liam whipped" he said,
as on the night before, and prepared
as well as he could to take II philo
sophically.
Seven or eight months afterward thu
captain awoke one morning from thu
delirium Of long fever. He was in .
hospital near Washington When h
first became conscious things abou
him looked almost a. strange - thu
fantastic visions Of that dream-hauntct
fever land from which he had jus
emerged All things strange. excep
-ah! except the female figure At tn
side Of his cot. That was familia
enough; it was Nina Clark. She wa
reading. and he had been looking .
her and wondering dreamiIy for SOM
time before she turned her head ant
saw that he was awake Then b
asked the question that was uppermos
in his mind
Where is Major-Major Galton?'
he asked.
oh. Charley!'' she cried. glad tear
streaming from her eyes, You ar
conscious again. thank God! You vii
get well, dear! But the dreadful
things you have been saying while on
Of your head The Major Is here, an
comes in every day TO see you Blu
you must not talk now, and mus
not talk to You. You are to take
good sip Of this and then 60 70 sleeT
Not word now-only. Charley,
any thing Is in your head about Majo
Galton-and--a I-such as you'v
been talking about in your fever, il
all : mistake. Charley cruel. cru'
mistaken
Well be found that out in the afteI
noon % the same day when he sd
Major Gallon and his wife-his wife
who was mot Nina Clark He dis
covered that Mina's promise to tn
Major--that promise which had 50 e.
allied the Major and 80 wrecked th
Captain--was simply apromise to Sc
things right with Gallons lady love
who in his absence was being inflr
cnccd BY an unworthy rival Doin
this service involved for Nina the sas
; riiice Of some maiden pride and n
serve. but at the Majors urgent pet
ton. she did II, and even raised hi
to the seventh heaven Of happy ant
/ cipation BY writing him her promise
deliver his girl safe into bis arm
whenever he came home
The Captain came to think that /
had jumped At : conclusion too quicl
" and that little faith in the ri
whose solemn troth he had would hav
saved him = trip TO Libby prison IN
saved him also the fever which .
: tackled him the very day his cxchane
was effected But then where woul
the Major have been Il the Last Ma
% Chickamauga had not lent him
horsc?-.R. 4. X" in Cincinnoti Con
nerci0l Gazette
NJ, Africa Court Etiquette.